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Turkey detained at least 668 in NATO summit crackdown, jailed 179: report

At least 668 people were detained across Turkey in raids and protests surrounding NATO’s July 7-8 summit in Ankara, while 179 were jailed pending...

ECtHR found rights violations affecting over 8,000 people in Turkey’s post-coup crackdown: report

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has issued 114 judgments finding violations affecting 8,056 people in cases arising from Turkey’s crackdown after a...

Turkey’s Constitutional Court finds rights violation in journalist’s arrest over Gülen condolence post

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the pretrial detention of journalist Kazım Güleçyüz over a social media post expressing condolences following the death of Islamic...

Turkey moves to freeze 6,314 bank accounts in World Cup illegal betting probe

Turkey has moved to freeze 6,314 bank accounts allegedly used to process illegal bets as the 2026 FIFA World Cup final began Sunday, while...

Turkish-American advocate dedicates religious freedom award to victims of Turkey’s post-coup crackdown

Orhan Sait Berber/Washington, D.C. A Turkish-American advocate has dedicated a religious freedom award he received in Washington to people imprisoned, forced into exile or separated...

CHP mayor, husband detained as crackdown on opposition municipalities expands

Turkish police on Monday detained the mayor of İzmit, her husband and a local official from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in...

Russian strike on Turkish-owned grain ship kills 5, Ukraine says

A Russian missile strike on a Turkish-owned cargo ship carrying grain killed five people and left another five missing, Ukraine’s navy said Sunday. Russia fired...

Turkey detains 119 in operations targeting ISIL

Turkish security forces detained 119 people in operations across 30 provinces over alleged links to the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL),...

Turkish rescue group founder jailed over post questioning official account of 2016 coup attempt

Turkey on Friday arrested Nasuh Mahruki, the founder and former president of search-and-rescue group AKUT, over a social media post alleging that authorities knowingly...

Only Öcalan can disband PKK, the militant group won’t disperse without legal framework: senior figure

A senior figure in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has said only the group’s imprisoned founder, Abdullah Öcalan, can implement its announced disbandment...

‘Marilyn Monroe of Mardin’ jailed for questioning official account of 2016 coup

A Turkish court has jailed pending trial a woman known on social media as the “Marilyn Monroe of Mardin” over a post questioning the...

Turkey detains 17 football club executives accused of betting on own matches

Turkish police detained 17 current and former football club executives on Friday over allegations that they placed bets on matches involving their own teams,...

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